MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011500F007.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011500F007.rap.sound Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 20 Date: 7 hour RUC valid 22Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 41.18,-104.70 Latitude: 41.18 Longitude: -104.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 101 1 950 540 2 900 1029 3 850 1540 SFC 823 1831 29.1 7.9 26 21.2 15.4 181 15 319.7 321.3 295.7 345.6 8.15 5 800 2075 25.0 6.2 30 18.7 13.3 184 12 317.8 319.2 294.7 341.4 7.46 6 750 2635 19.9 3.4 34 16.5 10.1 208 12 318.2 319.4 294.1 339.0 6.52 7 700 3224 15.1 -0.9 34 15.9 6.3 244 15 319.2 320.2 293.2 335.7 5.14 8 650 3844 9.3 -3.2 41 12.5 2.8 264 18 319.4 320.4 292.9 334.5 4.64 9 600 4500 2.9 -5.6 53 8.6 -1.2 278 21 319.5 320.3 292.6 333.1 4.19 10 550 5196 -3.7 -8.7 68 5.1 -5.9 286 25 319.7 320.4 292.1 331.5 3.59 11 500 5939 -10.3 -12.7 83 2.4 -11.2 288 27 320.5 321.1 291.7 330.1 2.89 12 450 6740 -16.8 -19.2 82 2.4 -17.6 287 27 322.1 322.4 291.3 328.4 1.86 13 400 7612 -24.0 -27.4 74 3.3 -24.7 280 27 323.8 324.0 290.9 327.3 1.01 14 350 8570 -32.2 -37.9 57 5.6 -32.9 271 30 325.3 325.4 290.8 326.8 0.42 15 300 9636 -41.0 -54.8 21 13.8 -41.6 271 36 327.6 327.7 291.1 327.9 0.07 16 250 10855 -46.8 -64.4 12 17.5 -47.3 273 47 336.4 336.4 293.4 336.5 0.03 17 200 12333 -48.0 -74.2 3 26.2 -48.6 284 36 356.8 356.8 298.1 356.8 0.01 18 150 14198 -54.4 -82.0 2 27.6 -54.8 262 32 376.3 376.3 301.6 376.3 0.00 19 100 16737 -62.7 -87.1 2 24.3 -63.0 315 1 406.5 406.5 306.0 406.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5837.89 m Freezing level: 577.88 mb = 4807.64 m = 15772.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.19 mb = 4295.01 m = 14091.08 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.50 % Est. max temperature: 28.83 C = 83.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 602.60 mb = 4464.46 m = 14647.01 ft T: 3.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.33 C/km ThetaE index: 18.82 C Layer 800.0- 300.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 582.32 mb = 4738.96 m = 15547.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.08 C = 84.35 F Cap Strength: 1.10 C Lifted Index: -3.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.81 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1226.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 63.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 592.72 mb = 4597.42 m = 15083.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 567.72 mb = 4942.00 m = 16213.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.72 mb = 11188.28 m = 36706.52 ft B at Equ Level: 1215.01 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 157.72 mb = 13872.90 m = 45514.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.4 at 21.4 knts Storm direction: 303.4 at 16.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 94.5 neg: -6.2 tot: 88.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.56 Bulk Rich Number: 15.40 Bulk Shear: 79.69 m/s